Trump files $10bn lawsuit against the BBC for defamation over its Panorama edit. [vBqoA7tffq3]
Donald Trump has filed a $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC over the edit of a 6 January 2021 speech broadcast by Panorama that sparked a crisis at the broadcaster. The BBC said documents filed at a court late on Monday in a federal court in Miami asked for $5bn (£3.7bn) in damages for defamation, as well as the same amount for a claim of violating trade practices. Sir Keir Starmer is now under growing pressure to intervene, with Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey urging the prime minister to “stand up for the BBC against Trump’s outrageous legal threat”. In a statement to The New York Times, the president’s legal team said the lawsuit was designed to hold the British network accountable for what it described as wrongdoing. “The formerly respected and now disgraced BBC defamed President Trump by intentionally, maliciously and deceptively doctoring his speech in a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election,” the statement reportedly said. #trump #uknews #breakingnews #ukpolitics #ukupdates #currentaffaires #geopolitics